• Detenebrate
  • Diatom II
  • Clear water
  • Exhale
  • Thinking spot, Pa hill, Hahei
  • Break of Day, Hahei
  • Aldermans at sea
  • DiatomVI
  • Detenebrate
    Detenebrate: to free from darkness or obscurity.

    New Plymouth artist Jacqueline Elley works with light and muka to transform the Open Window Gallery space into a light box.
    Muka is a processed flax fibre traditionally produced in Taranaki both industrially and by hand. Exploring the tensions between surfaces/containment, nature/culture and illumination/darkness, this site-responsive installation alludes to Maori and Pakeha histories and treatment of natural resources.
    Elley graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Otago Polytechnic School of Art in 1999 and was awarded the painting prize the same year.

    Curated by Meredith Robertshawe
    Lighting Design, Sculpting, Visual Arts
    2011
  • Diatom II
    Description to come
    Fine Arts, Visual Arts, Interior Design
    2011
  • Clear water
    Realist painting
    Painting
    2012
  • Exhale
    One of a series of surrealist paintings responding to land use and impacts of modern civilisation on the environment. In this case the focus is the oceans and what we release into the ocean that harms it and all creatures that depend on it.
    Painting
    2012
  • Thinking spot, Pa hill, Hahei
    Painting
    Painting
    2012
  • Break of Day, Hahei
    Painting
    Painting, Visual Arts
    2012
  • Aldermans at sea
    Description to come.
    Visual Arts, Painting, Fine Arts
    2011
  • DiatomVI
    Description to come
    Visual Arts, Fine Arts, Interior Design
    2011
1 Feb 2012

Still a work in progress...

As I finish new work it will be displayed here on my new website. Eventually I will populate this site with an archive of earlier work but for now it's all fresh! I am working on commission paintings at present and planning an exhibition in New Plymouth in October 2012 at Kina.
If you're in New Plymouth you have until the 19th February to check out my installation "Detenebrate" at the Govett Brewster Art Gallery, Open Window space. Best seen at night.

Jacqueline.

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